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Friday, September 25, 2015

#1471: Thomas Clough

To give
you an idea: Thomas Clough has, among other things, written about the “War on Christmas”,
where he has brought up for instance the pertinent question: “Why Do
Many Jews Hate Christmas?” That article was published on David Duke’s website. Otherwise, Clough runs the website WeirdRepublic and has (apparently)
written numerous books, such as The Little Book in defense of “traditional
marriage”, which is aimed at members of Congress, state representatives, clergy, conservative
radio personalities and state attorneys general “who are charged with defending
natural marriage.” In the book, Clough makes up whatever statistics he needs to
support his argument against marriage equality and points out that the fight is
made difficult by the “hundreds
of queer judges lurking in our court system,” including, he speculates, the most
recently appointed Supreme Court justices. Otherwise, Clough seems to focus in
particular on MRA stuff, the plights of white males and suchlike.

Diagnosis:
You know the type – the scourge of family dinner parties anywhere. Relatively
minor, but he probably has a modicum of influence (we've seen his website praised), and there are many enough who
share the delusions of Tom Clough.